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Oliver Grimm

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Recidivist Brussels correspondent for Viennese daily 'Die Presse'. In Washington '13 - '17. Contributor to La Matinale Européenne. Le bonheur, c'est de le chercher. (J. Renard)

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Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 1d

Today in "Morning Post Europe", I take a look at two decades of fateful economic naivety vis-à-vis China that has led us to abominations like Shein - and a desperate rush to save the remnants of Europe's industry.

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Fighting China’s export tsunami, one tariff a time

Good morning!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Why has Dominion Voting Systems been settling defamation lawsuits with Trump allies who falsely claimed the company stole the 2020 election?

Because Dominion has just been bought by a company run by a former GOP election official.

Be warned.

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Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 2h

Versuchen Sie's mal nachts. Oder wenn es regnet.

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Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 6h

Ich war stocknüchtern, ausgeschlafen, und im Vollbesitz meiner psychomotorischen Fähigkeiten. Die Sichtverhältnissen waren klar, und der Boden war staubtrocken. Man möchte sich nicht ausmalen, wie das endet, wenn man nur eine dieser Variablen ändert.

Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 8h

Vor allem mit 1,2 Promille.

Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 9h

Man versteht in solchen Momenten, wieso "Architekt" in Brüssel ein bisserl ein Schimpfwort ist.

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Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 9h

Auch eine Möglichkeit, das Rentenproblem zu lösen.

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Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 9h

Habe soeben gelernt, wer Suzan Daniel war, nach der eine Brücke zwischen Brüssels Stadtkern und Molenbeek benannt ist (nämlich eine der ersten offen lebenden Lesben Belgiens). Habe auch gelernt, dass die frankophone lokale Anrainerschaft sie nicht so toll finden dürfte.

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Anton Rainer @antonrainer.bsky.social · 13h

Ich werde niemals so reich sein wie die Benkos es waren. Aber auch niemals so unglücklich. (Via @spiegel.de)

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 12h

What an emblem of the billionaire class—descending on a peaceful city in a private jet on the horn to NYT asking for the place to be invaded by federal authorities because the rent-a-cops you employ for a week to harass a few junkies outside the convention center cost too much.

Mr. Benioff spoke as his annual Dreamforce conference is set to begin Tuesday in downtown San Francisco, bringing 50,000 visitors to the city. He is scheduled to deliver a keynote address about the benefits of "agentic enterprise," a business model in which humans and artificial intelligence bots work together.
Speaking by telephone from his private plane en route to San Francisco, he lamented that he has to pay for nundreds of off-duty law enforcement officers to help patrol the convention area and said that San Francisco needed to "re-fund" the police.
The city never actually "defunded" its police force, and San Francisco's violent crime rates are below those in many other U.S. cities.
But San Francisco has struggled to recruit and keep officers, and it still has problems with lower-level crimes and open-air drug use, especially in neighborhoods like the Tenderloin near City Hall. It has about 1,500 police officers, and Mr. Benioff says it ne → another thousand.

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Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 13h

And the mental age of a 4-year-old! #SoMuchWinning

Reuters @reuters.com · 21h

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 14h

I wasn't aware the Israeli national football team was planning to take the tram to the stadium, but one never stops learning.

Jonas Algers @jonasalgers.bsky.social · 15h

Norway are facing Israel in the Football World Cup qualifiers today

The Oslo Tram Driver’s Union will be striking on the tram lines to the stadium in solidarity with the people of Palestine

www.nrk.no/stor-oslo/va...

Varsler kollektiv-streik i Oslo før Norge-Israel

Oslo Sporveiers Arbeiderforening varsler streik 11. oktober, samme dag som Israel og Norge spiller landskamp i fotball på Ullevaal Stadion. Hensikten er å vise støtte til Palestina. Én time før kampst...

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Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 15h

"Den perfekt Deutsch sprechenden, polnischen Juden Max Salinger steckt er in eine Wehrmachtsuniform und beschäftigt ihn als Gefreiten Max Huppert ebenfalls in seiner Versprengtensammelstelle." - h/t @oliverdasgupta.bsky.social

Oliver Das Gupta @oliverdasgupta.bsky.social · 3d

„Es ist nicht bekannt, an welchem Tag und wo Feldwebel Anton Schmid verhaftet wurde. Trotz Folter durch Feldgendarmerie und Gestapo verrät er keinen einzigen seiner jüdischen Freunde.“

Mehr über Anton Schmid (inkl. Zeitzeugen) in diesem STANDARD-Text von 2002. www.derstandard.at/story/915214...

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Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 15h

Mi-juin 2026.

Le Soir @lesoir.be · 16h

Météo : à quand le retour du soleil ?

Découvrez les prévisions météo région par région dans notre outil interactif.

www.lesoir.be

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 22h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 1d

Geopolitical _ommission

Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday I was in Brussels for the Global Gateway Forum - a gathering of world leaders to talk about how to connect a fractured world.
What I saw instead was something extraordinary - a moment when peace might have taken shape before our eyes.

🧵👇

Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 1d

Totally love this. Is Srdja Popović on @bsky.app? I cannot find him here. This could be a page from his strategy to beat autocrats.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 1d

Der Toni Polster hat schon recht: das Nationalteam von San Marino ist eine Truppe von Pizzabäckern. Blöd halt, dass er selber am 12. September 1990 gegen die Pizzabäcker von den Färöern mindestens vier Stück vergeigt hat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCPl... #AUTSMR

Faroe Islands 1-0 Austria [12-9-1990]

YouTube video by ScotFooty&More

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Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 1d

Luxus. Wir mussten unser Mittagessen selber jagen!

Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 1d

Tax-wise definitely a smart move.

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 1d

All my comics have happy endings!

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Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 1d

Naja, mia halt.

Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 1d

Gesinnungs- vs. Verantwortungsethik. Auch in unserer lieben, kleinen Republik eine Herausforderung, an der selbst kluge Köpfe scheitern können.

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Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 1d

"Kaum zu glauben, aber ich habe die letzten XX Monate in XX gelebt - und niemand hat's bemerkt!"

[Pause.]

[Leises Wimmern.]

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

Funny how hunting and trapping young women to coerce them into "dating," through pre-meditated sabotage like letting their air out of their cars' tires or canceling their hotel rooms, is such a common tactic among Trump's most prominent allies.

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Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 1d

Fighting China’s export tsunami, one tariff a time

Good morning!

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